CONTENTS
Contributors
Foreword Holly Powell Kennedy, PhD, CNM, FACNM, FAAN
Preface
SECTION I: ADVANCING MIDWIFERY CARE
Barbara A. Anderson
1. The Midwifery Workforce: Issues Globally and in the United States
Judith T. Fullerton and Barbara A. Anderson
2. Advocating for Childbearing Women: Current Initiatives and Workforce Challenges
Heather M. Bradford and Jesse S. Bushman
3. Evaluating and Using Scientific Evidence: Foundation for Implementing Change
Billie Anne Gebb, Zach G. Young, and Barbara A. Anderson
SECTION II: MIDWIFERY CARE: THE EVIDENCE FOR OPTIMAL OUTCOMES
Rebeca Barroso
4. Facilitating Access to Midwifery-Led Prenatal and Postpartum Care
Julia C. Phillippi and Melody J. Castillo
5. Nutrition and Epigenetics in Pregnancy
Mary K. Barger
6. Evidence-Based Midwifery Care for Obese Childbearing Women
Laura A. Aughinbaugh and Nicole S. Carlson
7. Weight Management Counseling With Overweight and Obese Pregnant Women
Cecilia M. Jevitt
8. Maternal Concerns and Knowledge About Vaccination During Pregnancy: Counseling Childbearing Women
Deborah M. Brickner
9. Women in Migration: Best Practices in Midwifery
Jane M. Dyer
10. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Birth Outcomes: The Challenge to Midwifery
Patricia O. Loftman
11. Circles of Change: CenteringPregnancy®, Health Disparities, and Vulnerable Women
Margaret S. Hutchison and Melanie R. Thomas
12. Postpartum Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Maximizing Midwifery Care
Cheryl Tatano Beck
13. Mind?Body Practices: Integration in the Midwifery Model of Care
Kathleen A. Moriarty
14. The Freestanding Birth Center: Evidence for Change in the Delivery of Health Care to Childbearing Families
Susan E. Stone, Eunice K. M. Ernst, and Susan R. Stapleton
15. Creating a Birth Center: Entrepreneurial Midwifery
Kathryn Schrag and Barbara A. Anderson
16. Home as the Place of Birth: The Evidence for Safety
Judith P. Rooks and Suzan Ulrich
SECTION III: THE INTRAPARTAL PERIOD: USING THE EVIDENCE
Rebeca Barroso
17. Therapeutic Presence and Continuous Labor Support: Hallmarks of Midwifery
Robin G. Jordan
18. Untethering in Labor: Using the Evidence for Best Practice
Susan M. Yount, Meghan Garland, and Rebeca Barroso
19. Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: Emotion and Reason
Mayri Sagady Leslie
20. The Limits of Choice: Elective Induction and Cesarean Delivery on Maternal Request
Kerri D. Schuiling and Joan K. Slager
21. Evidence-Based Management of Prelabor Rupture of the Membranes at Term
Amy Marowitz
22. The Midwife as Catalyst: Promoting Institutional Change With Intrapartum Immersion Hydrotherapy
Elizabeth Nutter and Jenna Shaw-Battista
23. Nitrous Oxide's Place in Labor and Birth
Michelle R. Collins and Judith P. Rooks
24. Management of the Third Stage of Labor: Implementing Best Practices
Mavis N. Schorn
SECTION IV: COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE: THE EVIDENCE FOR BEST PRACTICES
Barbara A. Anderson
25. The Role of Midwifery in Mobilizing Communities to Improve Maternal and Newborn Health Outcomes
Jody R. Lori
26. The Evidence for Interprofessional Education in Midwifery
Denise Colter Smith and Mary Paul Backman
27. Creating a Collaborative Working Environment
Ginger K. Breedlove and John C. Jennings
28. Conclusion: Policy and Advocacy?Fostering Best Practices in a Dynamic Health Care Environment
Lisa Summers
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